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Aleutian Queen

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Registry #1 179090 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1947 Aleutian Queen Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1947 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 64.2' x 18.6' x 7.4'
Builder A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 73.38 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 52.85 Type 2
Engine 135bhp diesel engine (1947) Engine Manufacture Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA
Repower Repowered in 1965 with a 220bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp., Detroit MI Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VYVY
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1947-1949 she was owned by John Fagerlund (MO), North Vancouver BC. In 1949-1955 she was owned by Hildur Fagerlund (widow), North Vancouver BC. In 1955-1957 she was owned by Philip D. Humphreys, Port Washington BC and Herbert W. Taylor, Vancouver BC. In 1957 she was owned by Oisten J. Hansen (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1957-1965 she was owned by Aleutian Fish Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1965-11-10
 
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Anecdotes
On November 10, 1965 this seiner owned by Aleutian Fish Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC was in a collision with a Russian fishing vessel and sank in Queen Charlotte Sound BC near Scott Island, about 12 miles WNW of Frederiksen Point near Bull Harbour BC. One crew member (Odd Gronlund) drowned and two others (Captain Oistein Hansen and Robert Hansen) were rescued.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 2; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/21?r=0&s=4 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Wednesday November 10, 1965 pages 6-7;
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